SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched a communications satellite into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 2 am (0600 GMT) carrying the EchoStar XXIII, a commercial communications satellite for EchoStar Corporation. The satellite will be place in orbit more that 35,000 kilometers above the earth and … Read more
SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched a communications satellite into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 2 am (0600 GMT) carrying the EchoStar XXIII, a commercial communications satellite for EchoStar Corporation. The satellite will be place in orbit more that 35,000 kilometers above the earth and … Read more
An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely Thursday at the International Space Station, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem. This time, the Dragon cargo ship made a “perfect approach to the capture point,” a NASA commentator said. The space station’s 57-foot (18-meter) robotic … Read more